Extension light assembly

Abstract

An extension light assembly of the kind having a socket and a protective shield for its lamp to which is added a positioning assembly comprising a stem having a hook at its outer end and a convex body on its inner end and means attached to the shield for movably but compressively holding the body whereby the position of the shield is selectively variable with respect to the stem for directing the light in a desired direction, the hook being constructed to prevent its rotation with respect to an object it is hooked on.

We claim: 
     
       1. An extension light assembly comprising an extension light unit having an upwardly extending socket for receiving a bulb, a handle extending downwardly from said socket, an extension cord electrically connected to said socket and extending out of the lower end of said handle, a protective shield on the rearward side of and mostly above said socket, an electric light bulb in said socket, an elongated substantially rigid stem having a hook at its upper end, mean attaching the lower end of said stem to that side of said shield which is opposite said bulb in an adjustable manner such that said stem can be placed in various positions extending respectively at various angles from said shield and so that when said hook is hooked onto an object the angle at which said stem is disposed with respect to said shield will cause said shield to face in various respective directions for focusing light from said bulb and to be held by said attachment mean firmly so as to maintain the selected angular position of said shield with respect to said stem, said means attaching said stem to said shield comprising a stem positioning assembly comprising a stem pressing means on the rearward side of said shield, means mounting said stem pressing means on said shield comprising spring means attached to said shield and to said pressing means and resiliently urging said pressing means towards said shield, said means attaching the lower end of said stem to said shield further comprising the lower end of said stem having a body portion disposed between said pressing means and said shield and said body portion being pressed against said shield by said stem pressing means, said stem pressing means having an opening therethrough through which said stem extends but through which said body portion of said stem cannot pass, the yielding of said spring means permitting said stem body portion to move with respect to said shield. 
     
     
       2. The extension light assembly of claim 1 having said body portion provided with an outer surface having at least a portion thereof substantially of the shape of a portion of a cylinder for engaging the back side of said shield slidably. 
     
     
       3. The extension light assembly of claim 1 in which said hook and said stem and the body portion of said stem are all formed of a single piece of material which has two opposite sides disposed in parallelism as seen in cross section. 
     
     
       4. An extension light assembly comprising an extension light unit having an upwardly extending socket for receiving a bulb, a handle extending downwardly from said socket, an extension cord electrically connected to said socket and extending out of the lower end of said handle, a protective shield on the rearward side of and mostly above said socket, an electric light bulb in said socket, an elongated substantially rigid stem having a hook at its upper end, means attaching the lower end of said stem to that side of said shield which is opposite said bulb in an adjustable manner such that said stem can be placed in various positions extending respectively at various angles from said shield and so that when said hook is hooked onto an object the angle at which said stem is disposed with respect to said shield will cause said shield to face in various respective directions for focusing light from said bulb and to be held by said attachment means firmly so as to maintain the selected angular position of said shield with respect to said stem, said means attaching the lower end of said stem to said shield comprising a stem positioning assembly comprising a stem pressing means on the rearward side of said shield, means mounting said stem pressing means on said shield comprising spring means having at least one spring attachment hook which latter is hooked around an edge of said shield, said hook being on one end of said spring means and the other end of said spring means being attached to said pressing member and said spring means being in tension and urging said pressing member and said spring means being in tension and urging said pressing member toward said shield, said attachment hook being easily detached from said shield when desired. 
     
     
       5. An extension light assembly for use with an extension light unit having an upwardly extending socket for receiving a bulb, a handle extending downwardly from said socket, an extension cord electrically connected to said socket and extending out of the lower end of said handle, a protective shield on the rearward side of and mostly above said socket, an electric light bulb in said socket, said extension light assembly comprising: an elongated substantially rigid stem having a hook at its upper end, means for attaching the lower end of said stem to that side of said shield which is opposite said bulb in an adjustable manner such that said stem can be placed in various positions extending respectively at various angles from said shield and so that when said hook is hooked onto an object the angle at which said stem is disposed with respect to said shield will cause said shield to face in various respective directions for focusing light from said bulb, said stem attaching means being adopted to cooperate with said shield and said stem so as to hold said stem firmly so as to maintain the selected angular position of said shield with respect to said stem, said means attaching said stem to said shield comprising a stem positioning assembly comprising a stem pressing means adopted to be positioned on the rearward side of said shield, means for mounting said stem pressing means on said shield comprising spring means for attachment to said shield and to said pressing means and for resiliently urging said pressing means towards said shield, said means for attaching the lower end of said stem to said shield further comprising the lower end of said stem having a body portion for disposal between said pressing means and said shield whereby said body portion can be pressed against said shield by said stem pressing means, said stem pressing means having an opening therethrough through which said stem extends but through which said body portion of said stem cannot pass, the yielding of said spring means being for permitting said stem body portion to move with respect to said shield. 
     
     
       6. An extension light assembly for use with an extension light unit having an upwardly extending socket for receiving a bulb, a handle extending downwardly from said socket, an extension cord electrically connected to said socket and extending out of the lower end of said handle, a protective shield on the rearward side of and mostly above said socket, an electric light bulb in said socket, said extension light assembly comprising: an elongated substantially rigid stem having a hook at its upper end, means for attaching the lower end of said stem to that side of said shield which is opposite said bulb in an adjustable manner such that said stem can be placed in various positions extending respectively at various angles from said shield and so that when said hook is hooked onto an object the angle at which said stem is disposed with respect to said shield will cause said shield to face in various respective directions for focusing light from said bulb, said stem attaching means being adopted to cooperate with said shield stem so as to hold said stem firmly so as to maintain the selected angular position of said shield with respect to said stem, having said body portion provided with an outer surface having at least a portion thereof substantially of the shape of a portion of a cylinder for engaging the back side of said shield slidably. 
     
     
       7. An extension light assembly for use with an extension light unit having an upwardly extending socket for receiving a bulb, a handle extending downwardly from said socket, an extension cord electrically connected to said socket and extending out of the lower end of said handle, a protective shield on the rearward side of and mostly above said socket, an electric light bulb in said socket, said extension light assembly comprising: an elongated substantially rigid stem having a hook at its upper end, means for attaching the lower end of said stem to that side of said shield which is opposite said bulb in an adjustable manner such that said stem can be placed in various positions extending respectively at various angles from said shield and so that when said hook is hooked onto an object the angle at which said stem is disposed with respect to said shield will cause said shield to face in various respective directions for focusing light from said bulb, said stem attaching means being adopted to cooperate with said shield and said stem so as to hold said stem firmly so as to maintain the selected angular position of said shield with respect to said stem, having said hook and said stem and the body portion of said stem are all formed of a single piece of material which has two opposite sides disposed in parallelism as seen in cross section.